EMERGENCY PROTEST & VIGIL SOLIDARITY WITH ACTIVISTS IN COPENHAGEN * CLIMATE TALKS UNDEMOCRATIC & ON VERGE OF FAILURE * US/RICH COUNTRIES REFUSE SERIOUS REDUCTIONS & CLIMATE DEBT * MASSIVE POLICE REPRESSION AGAINST NONVIOLENT CIVIL SOCIETY WHEN: Friday December 18th 4:30-6:00PM WHERE: Danish Consulate,1 California St, at Market St. (Embarcadero BART), San Francisco [view map] Bring candles and friends. “First [...]
by Diana Pei Wu, December 16, 2009 i am here in copenhagen. this morning – it is 7 am in CPH, 10 pm back home in Oakland … missing you all. it snowed yesterday, wet snow that did not accumulate much; snow is expected for the rest of this week and weekend. i’m on the [...]
by Gopal Dayaneni (edited by Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan) Here are some highlights on the work of the delegation & my work here so far: 1) “No Decisions About Us Without Us!” They are severely restricting access to the Bella Center for Civil Society as of today, and the restrictions on badges (and the requirement for secondary [...]
By Roxana Aguilar, SAJE/Los Angeles, California December 14, 2009 Copenhagen Members from several US Environmental Justice and Climate Justice grassroots organizations met today inside the Bella Center to discuss our visions for climate justice in the United States and around the world. I felt honored to sit in the room with people who have fought [...]